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Location:

Pleasant Grove,UT,USA

Member Since:

Aug 04, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs: Fleet Feet Turkey Trot 5k- 19:46;  St. George Marathon  3:07:11(2013-- coming back from the dead)  Utah Valley Marathon 2011- 3:09:13 : D  1st place Master Division, 7th Overall; Mt. Nebo 1/2 Marathon 2011- 1:19:35- 2nd Overall,  first master. Ogden Marathon 3:14  (2010); 10K 2011 Speedy Spaniard 40:47.  I have run 38 marathons: 16 St. George (1995, 2006-2019, 2024). Utah Valley (2011, 2014), Eiluj (2011), Deseret News (2015: 3:40 pacer  & 2023),  Ogden (2009, 2010), Boston (1996,2012,2014,2018, 2024)Top of Utah (1999, 2011 pacer), and SLC (2006,2015), Pocatello (3:40 pacer 2012),park city marathon 3:41:53 (2013), and Big Cottonwood pacer (2017,2018),  Nebo Marathon 340 pacer (2024)Timp trail marathon (2021) and three Ultras-Squaw Peak 51.25 miler 2010 in 12:05:27 (9th woman) and  Antelope Island  (32 miler) in  March 2011 (4th overall in 5:10:25) and in 2009.

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Last Marathon:

2024 Summer Pace Half Marathons

Handcart July 20, 2024 (1:55 pacer, 1:53:10, 13.11miles)

Hobble Creek  August 3, 2024 (2:00 pacer- 1:58:21, 13.06 miles)  coming back from torn hamstring

PC2PG August 17, 2024 (1:50 pacer  - 1:47:10, 12.95 miles)

East Canyon  August 31, 2024 (1:40 pacer- 1:38:49, 13.15 miles)

Nebo Marathon September 7,2024 (3:40 pacer- 3:37:09, 26.33 miles)

Big Cottonwood Canyon Marathon  September 14, 2024 (3:10  pacer for 17.12 miles)

Gardner Village Witch Run (1:40 pacer-)1:37:57 watch didn't pick up tunnels

Saint George  Marathon #16 after fiver years off-  October 5, 2024

Fall 2024

Halloween Half 10/26 (1:55 pacer)

Thankful Half

2025-   

Boston Marathon 4/21

Utah Valley Marathon 6/7,

Big Cottonwood Half Marathon (racing) 9/13/25

30 years of running Saint George Marathon (first was in 1995) SGM #17 -10/4/2025

Long-Term Running Goals:

Marathon--  PR (3:06 or better)

10k--  PR (under 40:47)

5K-- PR (under 19:46)

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Wed, Sep 23, 2009
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.571.008.57

Feeling yucky.  I just don't do well with the night shifts.  All my nerves are on fire.  Sensitive that is.  Food doesn't look good either.  But managed to feel happy eating a "organic" poptart from Costco.  It brought me back in time to when I was 14 and my friend Andrea ate lots of poptarts (non-organic) and peanut butter and fluff sandwiches.  I lived in New Hampshire then.  We biked everywhere.  To the beach, to work, to her house, to mine, through town.  The kind of town where there is a big Ben like clock in the middle of it with a train station and an Ice Cream shop on the lakeside.  Oh how free we thought we were, roaming this way and that all summer long.  Okay back to the present.  Feeling lots of lower back pain, like an 8 on a scale of 1 to 10.  10 being back labor pain.  No kidding.  Yesterday was worse.  I told Troy to take it slow with me and he ran with me nearly 3 miles and headed home and I did my planned run nice and easy.  First mile 9:04.  Went uphill to Cedar Ridge Elem via the Cedar Hills trail and nice roadsides.  Came down farm road and still no desire to pick up pace.  Blah. Okay by the last mile I decided to check myself and pick it up already.  Okay that is fine, last mile 6:19 (first 1/2- 3:16, second 1/2 3:03, felt happy about that as it didn't feel too bad).  Avg pace for 8.02 miles = 8:40.  Cool down for .55 miles. Really need to rest my muscles in normal sleep, but that can't happen until Friday or Saturday night.  Luckily my job involves newborns.  I so love newborns!!!

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From seeaprilrun on Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 14:35:55 from 205.172.12.229

Oh geez hope that back pain eases off as soon as you get some rest. I am all too familiar with evil back labor--and it is wicked painful! I can't imaging running with it. NICE last mile don't worry your speed is there, and ready to go for St. George!!!

From Smooth on Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 16:19:29 from 97.117.81.161

I agree with april...No worries...your "pain pace" is still faster than my marathon pace. I hope you get some back- soothing sleep soon. Have you tried heating pad, yoga? Rest and restore is all we need to do during these tapering days. Hang in there...newborns are SWEET!

From JulieC on Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 17:01:35 from 71.32.227.22

heat pad yes. will try yoga too. troy gave me a massage. that helped tons. have an appointment with a chiropracter monday. Funny I last saw him a year ago this week. "RELEASE IT TO THE LIGHT< comes in to my mind here :DDDD. Perhaps I will go track down voodoo lady again at the SGM expo.

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